Q: Is 403,125,642 a Composite Number?

Why is 403,125,642 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 403,125,642 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 59 118 167 177 334 354 501 531 1,002 1,062 1,503 2,273 3,006 4,546 6,819 9,853 13,638 19,706 20,457 29,559 40,914 59,118 88,677 134,107 177,354 268,214 379,591 402,321 759,182 804,642 1,138,773 1,206,963 2,277,546 2,413,926 3,416,319 6,832,638 22,395,869 44,791,738 67,187,607 134,375,214 201,562,821 and 403,125,642, with no remainder.

Since 403,125,642 cannot be divided by just 1 and 403,125,642, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).